bayedsolid Chapter 569
Chapter 569
Lu Qingfeng couldn't remember where he had read it, but it said that design and production are a process of mutual compromise.
Early designers' imaginative and creative ideas, constrained by technology, required constant revisions, and the final result could be completely different.
It's like the difference between a concept car and a production car.
The games are pretty much the same.
The initial design that the game company sent him was just a preliminary version, but it went through several revisions, and what he saw was the final result.
Anyway, he thinks it's pretty good, but he doesn't know how well the character will perform after it's released.
Collaborations between celebrities and game companies, licensing their image rights for game character design, are relatively rare in China, but quite common abroad, especially in Japan, where game characters featuring celebrities' faces can be seen in many large-scale single-player games.
Let's continue looking at the skills, stats, models, and the sound effects that have already been created.
After finishing his introduction, Dong Changwen said.
"I'll have to trouble Lu with the rest of the voice acting and character music."
Lu Qingfeng pondered for a moment.
“Voiceover is easy. I’ve done a few songs before, but after seeing your new design, it might not be suitable. I’ll write down my ideas as well.”
"Does Mr. Dong know Nietzsche?"
"I know, that philosopher who said God is dead."
Lu Qingfeng nodded.
"He has a book called 'The Birth of Tragedy,' in which he created a philosophical and aesthetic concept: the binary opposition between Apollonian and Dionysian spirits."
"It's similar to the theory of twin characters you mentioned, which is the same as the Greek mythological pair of Apollo, the sun god, and Dionysus, the god of wine."
"Apollo represents reason and order; Dionysus represents sensibility and passion. The spirit of Apollo gave rise to the visual arts, while the spirit of Dionysus gave rise to the musical arts."
“Nietzsche’s argument begins with the birth of Greek tragedy, an ancient Greek artistic genre. This type of opera, also known as the Goat Song, originated from the ancient Greek celebrations of Dionysus, the god of wine.”
"Therefore, the earliest form of this sacrificial performance was called the Dionysian Ode."
Lu Qingfeng finished speaking and then said last.
"There was a poet in ancient Rome named Horace, who wrote a book called 'Odes', which contains more than a hundred lyric poems, many of which are odes on the theme of Dionysus."
“One of the songs could be used to compose music for the new character, which would be very suitable.”
After listening, Dong Changwen said.
“You’re a professional in this area, we trust you completely, Ashu.”
He waved to a young man behind him.
"This is our company's composer. He wrote a lot of the music in 'Light Source.' You can communicate with him if you have any questions."
Lu Qingfeng greeted him with a smile.
Next, he completed the dubbing work, which consisted of more than thirty lines of dialogue, and finished it quickly.
After spending one night in Shanghai, I headed to Pudong Airport the next morning.
"It's so hot."
As soon as he got out of the car, a wave of heat rushed towards him. Lu Qingfeng shielded his forehead with his hand and looked up at the cloudless sky, where only a dazzling fireball was radiating heat.
Yesterday's weather was quite mild, but today the temperature has suddenly risen, making it feel like the sweltering summer.
Zhu Zhichang helped him take out the suitcase, then came to his side and said.
"I'll head back to Yanjing first. I've arranged for a student studying abroad to be my tour guide and translator on the peninsula. The film distribution company will take care of the rest."
"Well, I see."
Lu Qingfeng agreed and watched the middle-aged agent get into the car and leave.
He entered the airport with his assistant, arranged for his luggage to be checked in, and waited for about an hour and a half before boarding a plane bound for the peninsula. Two hours later, he landed at Incheon Airport.
Upon exiting, Lu Qingfeng immediately spotted the people who had come to pick him up. The Chinese sign for the pick-up was quite eye-catching, and Lu Qingfeng and his assistant walked over.
"Lu Qingfeng, classmate Lu?"
"it's me."
Lu Qingfeng took off his mask.
A smile appeared on the face of a young man of similar age to him.
"When I received this job, I thought it was a scam, but it turns out it really is you. My name is Liu Yu, welcome to Peninsula."
The young man named Liu Yu was sturdy, wore black-rimmed glasses, and had a bag slung across his body. He enthusiastically helped carry the luggage.
"Are you from eastern Shandong?"
Lu Qingfeng asked.
How did you know I'm from Qingdao?
“I have a roommate who is also from Shandong, you two are a bit alike.”
"Yes, we people from eastern Shandong are the most hospitable."
In just a few words, the two became acquainted.
Liu Yu and I exited the airport and arrived at the parking lot.
"This car..."
Lu Qingfeng looked at the large sedan in front of him.
"It was rented, a luxury brand owned by Peninsula. I figured you were a VIP, so I rented a nicer one."
"Ok."
Lu Qingfeng got into the back seat.
Where are we going?
Liu Yu got into the driver's seat, fastened his seatbelt, and then asked.
"It's very close to Seoul and Incheon. In fact, the whole peninsula isn't very big, so you can drive anywhere."
This Shandong man is quite talkative.
"Let's go to Chung-Ang University in Seoul first and visit a senior."
"Ok."
Liu Yu started the vehicle.
As the cars lined up waiting to leave the parking lot, he casually asked.
"Does Lu have any relatives or friends at National Central University?"
"No, you know Professor Shen Ruishu, right? I contacted him before I came, and he said he knew some writers from the Peninsula and asked me to visit them."
"Oh, I see. Then you must be talking about Teacher Zheng Shan,"
Liu Yu suddenly realized.
"You know him too?"
Lu Qingfeng turned his head.
"Professor Zheng is probably the most famous writer in the Peninsula area. When Professor Shen came to the Peninsula for a symposium two years ago, the organizers hoped to find a writer of equal standing to accompany him. In the end, they found this writer, Zheng Shan."
The vehicle passed through the exit, and Liu Yu spoke while looking at the road.
"It's quite interesting, actually. The literary scene on the peninsula is quite interesting. There are a lot of influential female writers, so it feels a bit like there's an imbalance of male influence."
That's true, and it's pretty much the same thing Lu Qingfeng knew.
South Korean literature may not be widely known in China, but when it comes to the country, even young people outside the entertainment industry can say a few words about Korean dramas, idols, and variety shows.
But when it comes to peninsula literature, most people probably have no recollection of it.
There are many reasons for this.
The most important historical reason is that, as is well known, the peninsula originally had a spoken language but no written script, and Chinese characters were the only official script used for written expression for a long time.
This awkward problem was not resolved until the 15th century with the advent of the Hunminjeongeum.
It appeared relatively late in the Korean writing system and has significant flaws as a purely phonetic script. Even today, it still needs Chinese characters to help determine the meaning of each character, which has led to a lack of depth and expressiveness in Korean writing.
This, in turn, leads to a greater depth of thought in literary creation.
Then, the overall strategy of the Korean Peninsula is to vigorously support K-POP, which further reduces the voice of traditional literature.
Perhaps that's why Lu Qingfeng compared his past and present lives and found that there weren't many differences in peninsula literature.
Novels like "The Crucible" and "The Vegetarian," which he was familiar with, were also available here.